One of classic rock's most recognizable tracks was kept out of the top spot by a film theme older generations couldn't get ...

In 1987, Kesey joined Fresh Air's Terry Gross for a conversation about his writing and his role as a counterculture figure. He told Gross that Wolfe's novel, which followed Kesey and the Merry ...

With painted Volkswagen buses, talk of “free love,” and other reminders of the Woodstock era replaced by advertising and corporate sponsorships, hippie culture may be dying, but a new subculture—a ...

An unprecedented study by EPFL researchers spanning three cities—Geneva, Lisbon and Ljubljana—has revealed how, over the past 40 years, urban cultural policy has blunted the subversive force of ...

“Hippie Royalty on the Rocks” (1969) (photo by Karl Ferris, featuring crocheted designs by 100% Birgitta) It’s not often that a fashion exhibition in New York City presents vintage garments against a ...

Lately, I’ve been thinking about the concept of “counterculture,” and its role in consumerism, and to a certain degree, politics. Counterculture is defined as a subculture whose values, attitudes and ...

Installation view of Rose B. Simpson’s Counterculture (2022) at the Art Preserve, 2023; dyed concrete, steel, clay, and cable, 128 x 24 x 11 inches each (courtesy the artist, Jessica Silverman, San ...

Pop artist Peter Max, whose cheery psychedelic creations helped define the counterculture aesthetic in the 1960s, died on Monday, US media reported. He was 88. "We will remember his extraordinary ...